Rodney L. Bennett
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Police Officer

Rodney L. Bennett

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Accident
End of Watch May 28, 1990
Age 44
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Badge 183
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Bennett had been with the agency for 20 years. Assigned to th department's Traffic Enforcement Unit since 1986, he was also was a member of the department's Clown Troop which entertained sick children with balloon animals and magic tricks.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, parents and two sisters.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Bennett gave the Detroit Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bennett.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 28, 1990
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 44
Badge Number 183
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Rodney is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1990, 66 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 64th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Rodney was 44. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Rodney had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Rodney among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Rodney L. Bennett

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch May 28, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-E

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